The US Library of Congress' American Memory Collections, beginning a gigantic effort to make the history of the lawmaking bodies of the US easily accessible to the public, has released full text of documents and debates from the First and Second Congresses (1789-1793). At present, about 4,400 pages of documents are available. Sources include: Journal of the House of Representatives, Journal of the...

The U.S. Federal Court's Home Page is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts. The purpose of the site is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. The hypertext document Understanding The Federal Courts gives a description of how the U.S. Federal Courts operate. Selected articles...

FindLaw (discussed in the February 23, 1996 Scout Report) recently added this legal news section to its arsenal of law resources. Daily news feeds from Reuters are available in fourteen categories at this time, ranging from telecommunications to US Justice Department to various types of litigation news. There is a searchable archive, and email updates are available. This is an effective, one-stop...

Findlaw (last discussed in the June 9, 2000 Scout Report) has an extremely useful free site that offers state and federal court forms in .pdf format. The forms, logically enough, are grouped into federal and state sections, the first divided by circuits, the second by state (not all states were available at time of review). Users who do not know their circuit court number can select it from a map....

Findlaw (last discussed in the June 9, 2000 Scout Report) has recently launched an extremely useful free site that offers almost 8,000 state and federal court forms in .pdf format. The forms, logically enough, are grouped into federal and state sections, the first divided by circuits, the second by state (not all states were available at time of review). Users who do not know their circuit court...

FindLaw (discussed in the February 23, 1996 Scout Report) offers this legal news section to its arsenal of law resources. Daily news feeds from Reuters are available in fourteen categories at this time, ranging from telecommunications to US Justice Department to various types of litigation news. There is a searchable archive, and email updates are available. This is an effective, one-stop shopping...

As one of the many services provided by JURIST (housed at the University of Pittsburgh's Law School), the Paper Chase provides up-to-date legal news for lawyers, legal scholars, law students, and those with a general curiosity about the law. The Paper Chase offers brief digests of current and ongoing legal issues, including strong coverage of international law and events in the U.S. Federal...

Produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communications, Justice Talking has been bringing insightful conversations and dialogues about important legal issues to public radio listeners since 1999. The program is hosted by Margot Adler, and a quick survey of the programs she has recently hosted reveals the variety of topics covered,...

This site, provided by Nolo Press, a publisher of self-help law books and software, is a handy compendium of brief advice on fifteen topics, including small business, patent, copyright & trademark, legal research, wills & estate planning, and real estate. Content is composed of excerpted articles from Nolo books on the topics. Also provided are annotated lists of links related to each topic. While...

Monday, the Supreme Court began a session that many legal scholars and historians see as likely to be pivotal in defining the Rehnquist Court's place in high court history. The court has chosen to hear arguments on a number of key issues this term, including public funding of parochial schools, campaign finance reform, tobacco regulation, racial criteria in state elections, abortion protesters's...